Display sign



Patented y'June 17,' 1930A HENRY nnrnnnsonlq" OSLONQRWAY p i DisrLAY sien iippimati'enr inea aimera, 132s, serial No. 286,002, ani in norway'october', lez?.

' This invention relates to show plates or signs; more particularly to show plates or signs which have a lhigh degree of brilliancy inthe daytime, preferably utilizing` day 5 lighty as the illuininatin r agency.

Itis an'object of my invention to provide a show plate orsign having maximum brilliancy yand coiitrast' characterized by viewingasubstantially transparent or trans- D lucent signthrough transinitting` light, preferably 'restricting thelight to vpredetermined portions formingletters, characters-or the like.v j My invention still furtherhas for anobl5 ject thereof the provision fof a show plate vor Vsign in'which the letters, characters or like portions thereofmay be mounted upon opaque backgrounds or objects and yetim part to the letters, characters orthe -like porzO tions' of the sign maximum b-iilliancy and contrast characterized by outlining the letters, characters or the likeon transparent, vtranslucent plates, granulated glass or V the y' like, blocking o ut or masking other portions f5 and vtransmittintgf laylight therethrough whereby the show plate for sign may be viewed from a y directionnormal to thesign. f` It Ais a still further object-of `my V invention tol provide ,ashoiv pl'ateorv sign which 30, may be mounted upon opaque-or solid backgrounds and Which may be viewed from a direction normal thereto and have the lets ters, vcharacters or the like portions of the sign have maximum 35 characterized by providingja box-like-fen'- closure includingv rectangularly disposed Walls and obliquely l disposed ,Walla one of said rectangular Walls including a transparent, translucent .plate or granu- 0 lated glass plate or the like having blocked out or masked letters, characters or the like, and a mirror or like reflect-ing surface to transmit or reflect daylight for making'tlie letters, characters or like portions of the sign visible With maximum brilliancy andV contrast'. It isconteinplated by my invention to provide a show plate or sigircom- .prising mounting means including aboX-` like member, the` Walls vvhereof may include no a, transparent yor translucent plate orA a brilliancy and contrast end 17 previously described.i vplates 16 'and i 19 'against displacement, 1I'

` granulated glass plate or the like including` blocked outoivmasked. out portions' comprisingletters, characters or the like and a reflecting ;mirror, the ybox-like member in!v cluding mounting ymeans for `said plate 5 5 wherebyvarious characters ofplatesorthe like may `be readily replaced to` modify the character of the sign and-'the reflecting` mireA c ror permittingv of visibilityy ofthe letters, characters orthe like with maximum ,bril

liancy and contrast* of Vtheletters,characters (fr tlhelike and illumination `obtained by `day igt. l j 4 L a -To attain these objectsfand such further objects asmay appear hereinv orbe ,herein eej after pointed out, I make reference" tothe accompanying'r` drawingv forming ,a part hereof, in Which-4 7 Y Figure'l c s a vertical, transverse section taken inthe direction of lines lf-l .of Fig- '39. j

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device i j Figure 3 Visfa ,transverse vievv of another vframe 11 and a vertically disposedframe' `i l2V connected anangularly disposedlbottom Wall'13and opaque end vvalls. 14. The upper frame 11 is suitably Ninortisedat'l yto 8,5.

retain theA plate 16; `Preferably, the end 17 is left' open 'for purposes which Willap-` pear as this description" proceeds. flheV front frame-l2 isalso suitablyvmortised at 18 't'o -r'etaiiiar platelQ. `'Preferably the Q9 Y frame is ,openvv at 2O at thejoint adjacent the For retaining provide a longitudinal "molding vstrip Q1, of across-sectionalcontour adaptedto ene close .the corner of ,the-frames llfand l2 and yprovided `vvitli endqstraps 22,'havingy ralong the lengthflthereo'f a slot 23 serving,v to i straddle ,the end bolt Q4., The `'strap may @am by wie, @use @S25-11th@ FigureQ is a .perspective .vievvf oiff angular bottom wall 13 has at its'interior a reflecting surface, such as a mirror 26. By the construction shown, the frames 11 and 12 may have mounted therein plates 16 or 19, either one of which comprises a transparent, translucent or granulatedglass platehaving outlined thereon letters, charactersy oi' the like, leaving other. portions` blocked'out or masked. These lplates may be suitably colored to impart. a distinctive and desirable tinge to the letters, characters or like portions of the sign; In the embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2 the front plate V19/coinprisesa glass plate, the front` of which is granulated or roughened.V On the back of this plate there are outlined certain desirable letters, characters or the like, which are to form the advertising matter of the sign, as shown at 27, the portion 28 being blocked out or formed from a mask, stencil yor the `like and made of material which is entirely opaque to light, such as metal, paper or dark paint. In this contransmit the same through the portions 27r -forming the blocked out letters or characters. By this construction, the sign may be disposed against a dark background and `be viewed by transmitting light with maximum brilliancy and contrast, the light always being ample from the sky overhead.

vIt is understood that artificial light from overhead will also be collected and transmitted through the sign. The panels 16 and 19 may be interchanged, however, or the .front panel 19 replaced by other desirable advertising matter simply by disengaging the wing nut 25 to permit the strap to be pivoted as shown in Figure l. In this position either of the plates 16 and 19 may be removed from the frames 11 and l2, respectively. Y

In Figure 3 I have shownl the box or mounting means 10 with the frames 11 and 12 having the panels 16 and 19 reversed so that the plate carrying the letters, characters or like portions of the sign are submitted to the directillumination from overhead, suchk as the sky. The transparent plate 16 may then be omitted from the vertical frame 1* In arranging the panels as shown in Figure l, daylight will be transmitted directly through the plate 19 and will be observed througha frame 12 byran observer by therelection from the mirror 26. In this form of construction, the end walls 14E will serve to exclude daylight orextraneous light, giving greater contrast to the reflected image from the mirror. ItV will be observed, further, that in mounting the box-like member, particularly with the construction shown in Figure 4l, it is preferred to forwardly extend the Aframe 11 so as to shield the mirrored surface and this may be'accomplished by forwardly tilting the yentire box.

- Having thus described my invention and illustrated itsuse, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1 A display sign including a box-like member comprising relatively rectangularly disposed frames, .either one of which is adapted to hold a plate comprising blocked out.characters in sliding engagement and having a common corner, an angularly disposed reflecting surface substantially, equally reflectively positioned to each of said frames and a readily disengageable corner molding strip over said common corner whereby'either of said plates may bereplaced or interchanged.

2. A display sign,l including a box-like member comprising relatively rectangularly disposed frames, either V,one .offwhich is adapted to hold-a plate comprising blocked out characters in sliding engagement and raving a common corner, an angularly disposed reecting surface substantially, equally rellectively lpositioned to each of saidframes and areadily disengageable corner molding strip over said common corner, end Wall engaginof arms for holding said strip and means on said end walls for permitting adjustable positioning of said strip whereby either of said plates may be replaced or interchanged, l

3. A daylight illuminated sign including aboX-like member comprising frame membersfrectaiigularly disposed andan interconnecting angularly disposed bottom wall,

a reflecting surface interiorly disposed of said angular wall, one of said frames including a light transmitting plate comprising blocked out characters in relative sliding engagement in the frame therefor and a corner `strap for holding said plate against dispacement, said strap comprising end wall engaging'arms and pivotal mounting means for said arms. t v

In wit-ness whereof I have hereunto set hand thisllth dayof June, 1928.

l l :HENRY NATHANSOHN.

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